The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelJ. Fitzgerald, 1880 - 150 pages |
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Page 630
... residence in an equatorial forest country . Most of the tribes are now extinct or forgotten , at least those which originally peopled the banks of the main river , their descendants having amalgamated with the white and negro immigrants ...
... residence in an equatorial forest country . Most of the tribes are now extinct or forgotten , at least those which originally peopled the banks of the main river , their descendants having amalgamated with the white and negro immigrants ...
Page 641
... residence at Pará , Ĭ_fre- quently observed a line of negroes and ne- gresses , late at night , marching along the streets , singing a chorus . Each carried on his or her head a quantity of building mate- rials - stones , bricks ...
... residence at Pará , Ĭ_fre- quently observed a line of negroes and ne- gresses , late at night , marching along the streets , singing a chorus . Each carried on his or her head a quantity of building mate- rials - stones , bricks ...
Page 646
... residence of Senhor Antonio Ferreira Gomez , and was a fair sam- ple of a Brazilian planter's establishment in this part of the country . The buildings covered a wide space , the dwelling house being separated from the place of business ...
... residence of Senhor Antonio Ferreira Gomez , and was a fair sam- ple of a Brazilian planter's establishment in this part of the country . The buildings covered a wide space , the dwelling house being separated from the place of business ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
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